Even in the absence of bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire, trees in Colorado subalpine forests are dying at increasing rates from warmer and drier summer conditions, found recent CU Boulder research.

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — A recent study has ...

Over 4,800 years in the Northern Rockies during wet periods and dry periods, subalpine forests consistently recovered from wildfires, growing back vegetation and leaving evidence of their resilience ...

The Mullen fire looms near a property in Centennial last fall. Bryan Shuman, a professor in UW’s Department of Geology and Geophysics, was a main co-author of a paper, titled “Rocky Mountain Subalpine ...

Scientists expect trees will advance upslope as global temperatures increase, shifting the tree line--the mountain zone where trees become smaller and eventually stop growing--to higher elevations.

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)- Extreme heat and dry summers are the main cause of tree deaths in Colorado's subalpine forests. That's according to research from the University of Colorado Boulder. Tree deaths ...